—fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances, whose sympathy and affection he has strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtuous traits of character, by his ever-abiding remembrance of those who are in bonds, as being bound with them!

Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Someone yanked Harry up by the hair, dragged him a short way, pushed him down into a sitting position, then started binding him back-to-back with other people.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

We were often in the field from the first approach of day till its last lingering ray had left us; and at saving-fodder time, midnight often caught us in the field binding blades.

Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

I am not the only slave in the world. Why should I fret? I can bear as much as any of them. Besides, I am but a boy, and all boys are bound to some one.

Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

...Greyback was wondering whether he had just indeed just attacked and bound the son of a Ministry Official.

I laughed, it was not a very cheerful laugh, I am bound to say, as I motioned him to keep it.

Bram Stoker -- Dracula

Craning around, he caught sight of their fellow prisoners: Dean and Griphook the goblin, who seemed barely conscious, kept standing by the ropes that bound him to the humans.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He clapped his hands once, and the ropes binding Harry fell off.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Did you bind yourself to the Devil’s service?

Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

...and Ron, appearing suddenly at the end of the aisle, shot a full Body-Bind Curse at Crabbe, which narrowly missed.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry, still cheering, nudged Ron in the ribs and pointed at Malfoy, who couldn’t have looked more stunned and horrified if he’d just had the Body-Bind Curse put on him.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

As for Harry and Ron, their legs had already been bound tightly in long creepers without their noticing.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

It was the most astonishing speech I ever heard—and I’m bound to say Tom Sawyer fell considerable in my estimation.

Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Haven’t you noticed how none of the spells you put on them are binding?

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He turned: Hagrid was bound and trussed, tied to a tree nearby.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

One Horcrux remained to bind Voldemort to the earth, even after Harry had been killed.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

In one swift, fluid motion, Neville broke free of the Body-Bind Curse upon him;

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

DANFORTH: And you bound yourself to his service?

Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

Professor McGonagall waved her wand again, and a length of shimmering silver rope appeared out of thin air and snaked around the Carrows, binding them tightly together.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Dean made the most of the Death Eater’s momentary distraction, knocking him out with a stunning Spell; Dolohov attempted to retaliate, and Parvati shot a Body Bind Curse at him.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The man at whom he was pointing was suspended upside down in midair, though there were no ropes holding him; he swung there, invisibly and eerily bound, his limbs wrapped about him, his terrified face, on a level with Harry’s, ruddy due to the blood that had rushed to his head.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

...said, as it was of the ancient scribes and Pharisees, "They bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."

Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

She pointed her wand at the Carrows, and a silver net fell upon their bound bodies, tied itself around them, and hoisted them into the air, where they dangled beneath the blue-and-gold ceiling like two large, ugly sea creatures.